[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20428]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, it has been more than a year since the 
Columbine tragedy, but still this Republican Congress refuses to act on 
sensible gun legislation.
  Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have been killed by gunfire. 
Until we act, Democrats in the Senate will read the names of some of 
those who have lost their lives to gun violence in the past year, and 
we will continue to do so every day that the Senate is in session.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue this fight. Following 
are the names of some of the people who were killed by gunfire one year 
ago today.
  October 3, 1999:
  Jonos Baptiste, 21, Miami-Dade County, FL; Stephen Barnett, 39, 
Baltimore, MD; Brandon Brewer, 26, Nashville, TN; Frederick Darrington, 
30, Kansas City, MO; Ernesto Galvan, 33, Dallas, TX; Charles Hart, 45, 
Detroit, MI; Lloyd Hilton, 24, Gary, IN; Herman M. Logan, 26, Chicago, 
IL; Pablo A. Martinez, 20, Oklahoma City, OK; Melvin B. McPhail, 51, 
Madison, WI; Arthur Michael, 50, San Antonio, TX; Joe Moore, 29, Fort 
Wayne, IN; Ryan Pearson, 22, Kansas City, MO; Michael J. Plancia, 18, 
Salt Lake City, UT; Miquel Rivas, 21, Houston, TX; William M. Smith, 
52, Memphis, TN; Brandon A. Wakefield, 20, Longview, WA; Porsche 
Williams, 15, Miami-Dade County, FL; and unidentified male, 62, San 
Jose, CA.
  One of the victims of gun violence I mentioned, 15-year-old Porsche 
Williams of Miami-Dade County, Florida, was a young mother. In addition 
to caring for her own three-year-old child, Porsche cared for her 
younger brothers and sisters after her mother died of cancer. Porsche's 
life ended tragically when her ex-boyfriend shot and killed her one 
year ago today. The 21-year-old gunman later shot and killed himself
  We cannot sit back and allow such senseless gun violence to continue. 
The deaths of these people are a reminder to all of us that we need to 
enact sensible gun legislation now.

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